The Peridot's Black History fact is dedicated to the "Father of Black History," Dr. Carter G. Woodson. According to History.com, the celebration of Black History Month became a month-long celebration in 1976, but began as “Negro History Week,” which was created in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. Carter Goodwin Woodson, born on December 19, 1875 was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African Diaspora. Woodson was "convinced that the role of his own people in American history and in the history of other cultures was being ignored or misrepresented among scholars, Woodson realized the need for research into the neglected past of African Americans. Along with William D. Hartgrove, George Cleveland Hall, Alexander L. Jackson, and James E. Stamps, he founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History on September 9, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois."
(Excerpt quoted directly from Carter G. Woodson's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_G._Woodson)